Councilors agree to budget that amount to defend the city against a lawsuit by the Portland Pipe Line Corp.
Kelley Bouchard
Staff Writer
Kelley writes about Maine businesses large and small, focusing on economic development, workforce initiatives and the state’s leading business organizations. Her wider experience includes municipal and state government, immigration, education, transportation, history, human rights, health and elder care, the environment and the housing crisis. A Maine native and University of Maine graduate, she was a college intern for two summers at the former Lewiston Evening Journal. She previously worked at the Ipswich Chronicle, Beverly Times and Salem Evening News in Massachusetts. Favorite pastimes include gardening, cooking, streaming foreign TV series and kayaking at camp.
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Scarborough prepares for second school budget vote
Responding to voters’ rejection of the initial budget proposal, the Town Council will meet Wednesday to start work on a revision.
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Report: Liquid propane depot would conflict with zoning in South Portland
NGL Energy Partners has talked of plans to install six 60,000-gallon storage tanks at Rigby Yard.
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New boat in Portland Harbor is meant to make waves
A seafaring Mainer brings the UB85, a distinctive former Navy boat, to the waterfront to taxi tourists on Casco Bay in style.
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South Portland hotel wants to install solar array
A zoning change would allow the Howard Johnson Hotel to build the solar project and save an estimated $53,000 per year on electricity costs.
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South Portland councilors favor ban on pesticide use
With no formal ordinance proposed, Protect South Portland is campaigning for more organic approaches.
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David Frye, Greater Portland Christian School
David Frye was a sophomore when he first felt the Holy Spirit help him share the word of God. He had an opportunity to preach before fellow students and faculty members at the Greater Portland Christian School in South Portland. It was during a weekly chapel service and he was nervous, but he embraced the […]
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Grace Fan, Falmouth High
Grace Fan realized the broader potential of her communication skills when she was chatting recently with a student from Cape Elizabeth High School. She also has come to recognize the healing power of communication in her own life. Fan met the Cape High student at a track meet. The girl mentioned the Facebook page that […]
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Alana Franklin, Freeport High
Alana Franklin doesn’t know exactly how old she is. Born in southern China, she lived in an orphanage in Guangzhou, a city of 14 million people, from the time she was 3 or 4 years old until she was adopted by a Maine woman 10 years ago. She was pegged as 8 years old then, […]
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Garrett LaFrance, Massabesic High
Garrett LaFrance was a sophomore heading into his junior year at Massabesic High School in Waterboro when he noticed a pattern. “Kids coming into the high school weren’t getting the best support,” said LaFrance, who lives in Alfred. “I noticed a bit of a divide between upperclassmen and (underclassmen). Freshmen, especially, are somewhat isolated because […]